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QuickStats: Death Rates* For Persons Aged ≥65 Years, with Diabetes as the Underlying or a Contributing Cause, by Race and Sex --- United States, 1981--2007

* Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 U.S. standard population aged ≥65 years. Cause of death is based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 250 (Diabetes mellitus) for 1981--1998 and International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes E10--E14 (Diabetes mellitus) for 1999--2007.

Diabetes is a leading cause of death in the United States and a contributing cause of deaths from many other conditions. In 2007, diabetes was a contributing cause of death 2.4 times as often as it was the underlying cause of death for persons aged ≥65 years. Age-adjusted death rates for deaths with diabetes declined for white and black persons aged ≥65 years from 2005 to 2007, after generally increasing from 1981 to 2002. In 2007, the rate was higher for black men and women than for white men and women.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows death rates for persons aged ≥65 years, with diabetes as the underlying or a contributing cause, by race and sex, in the United States from 1981-2007. Diabetes is a leading cause of death in the United States and a contributing cause of deaths from many other conditions. In 2007, diabetes was a contributing cause of death 2.4 times as often as it was the underlying cause of death for persons aged ≥65 years. Age-adjusted death rates for deaths with diabetes declined for white and black persons aged ≥65 years from 2005 to 2007, after generally increasing from 1981 to 2002. In 2007, the rate was higher for black men and women than for white men and women.

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